KANAKA meaning: Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

We found 18 dictionaries that define the word kanaka:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

kanaka: Merriam-Webster
kanaka: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Kanaka: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Kanaka: Collins English Dictionary
Kanaka, kanaka: Wordnik
kanaka: Wiktionary
Kanaka: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
kanaka: Infoplease Dictionary
Kanaka: Dictionary.com
kanaka: Online Etymology Dictionary
Kanaka (Pacific Island worker), Kanaka (actress), Kanaka (disambiguation), Kanaka (film), Kanaka: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Kanaka: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
Kanaka: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
kanaka: FreeDictionary.org
Kanaka: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

Kanaka (offensive): Racial Slur Database
Kanaka: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Kanaka: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Kanaka)

▸ noun:  A person of Hawaiian descent.
▸ noun:  (historical) A South Pacific Islander, especially a labourer in Australia or Canada.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of kanaka [A person of Hawaiian descent.]

Opposite:

haole, non-native, foreigner

Types:

Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Maori, Cook Islander, New Zealander, AustraliAboriginal, more...

Phrases:

Kanaka Maoli, Kanaka Durga Temple, Kanaka Dasa, more...

Adjectives:

big, old, average, prostrate, stately, same, poor, common, penitent, young, gaelic

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